Colorised Collection (page 8)

Captain John Smith, Virginia colonist, 1624, (1893). Smith (1580-1631) established the first permanent English colony in North America, at Jamestown, Virginia, in 1607

WH Fox Talbot, British photography pioneer, 1901. William Henry Fox Talbot (1800-1877) is best known for his development of the calotype

Eleanor of Aquitaine, Queen of Henry II of England. Eleanor (1122-1204) was one of the most powerful figures in 12th century Europe

James I, King of England, Scotland and Ireland. James (1566-1625) became King of Scotland in 1567 and England in 1603. The son of Mary Queen of Scots

Disraelis first speech in the House of Commons, 19th century (c1905). Benjamin Disraeli, British Conservative statesman, was first elected to Parliament in 1837

Bird s-eye view of the Palace of Westminster, London, c1560, (c1902-1905). The parliament buildings, Westminster Abbey and the River Thames, taken from Aggass Map of Westminster

Parliament of Edward I, 13th century, (c1905). After a work from the collection of the Society of Antiquities. Illustration from Parliament Past and Present by Arnold Wright and Philip Smith

Queen Elizabeth I in Parliament, 16th century, (c1902-1905). The ancient chamber of the Palace erected in the 12th Century, the Commons are shown crowding at the Bar

Matthew Boulton, English manufacturer and engineer, c1880. Works owner Matthew Boulton (1728-1809) and Scottish engineer and inventor James Watt (1736-1819)

The mill at Saltaire, c1880. Sir Titus Salt (1803-1876) discovered a method of blending alpaca wool with cotton and silk. He is best remembered as the builder of Saltaire Mill near Bradford

Captain Richard Burton, British explorer, writer, soldier and diplomat, 1876. Artist: Lock & Whitfield
Captain Richard Burton, British explorer, writer, soldier and diplomat, 1876. From Men of Mark: a gallery of contemporary portraits of men distinguished in the Senate, the Church, in science

Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon on her way to be married at Westminster Abbey, 26 April 1923, (1937). Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon married the Duke of York, the future King George VI

Johann Gutenberg, German metalworker and inventor, 16th century, (1870). An engraving of Johannes Gutenberg (1400-1468) who invented a method of printing from movable type

Cranmer, 19th century. Artist: William Holl
Cranmer, 19th century. Thomas Cranmer (1489-1556) was the Archbishop of Canterbury during the reigns of the English kings Henry VIII and Edward VI

The Lady with the Lamp, c1880. Florence Nightingale doing her night rounds in the British military hospital at Scutari. In 1854, during the Crimean War (1853-1856), Sidney Herbert

Darwins study at Down House, his home near Beckenham, Kent, 1883. Darwin (1809-1882) was employed as naturalist on HMS Beagle from 1831-1836

Trephination, 1593. Using an elevator to remove a piece of bone from the skull. Trephination as a therapeutic or magico-religious procedure dates back to Neolithic times

The Convict Ship, c1820. Artist: Henry Adlard
The Convict Ship, c1820. Transportation of convicts from Britain to Australia, parts of which were used as a penal colony

Maxim machine gun, c1895. The engineer Hiram Maxim developed the first fully automatic machine gun (1884) which he offered to the United States War and Navy departments

Lao-Tzu, ancient Chinese philosopher and inspiration of Taoism, late 19th century. Lao-Tzu (fl 6th century BC) riding a buffalo

Robin Hood, legendary English folk hero and outlaw and champion of the poor, early 19th century. Robin (c1250-c1350)), an expert with the longbow and the quarter-staff, drawing his bow

Anti-Catholic Gordon Riots, London, 6-7 June 1780. A mob setting fire to Newgate Prison and freeing prisoners. Lord George Gordon, a retired navy lieutenant

Twelfth Key of Basil Valentine, 1651, illustrating that the Philosophers Stone must be combined with gold to produce new gold, just as a lion eats a serpent to change it into its own substance

Emily Davison throwing herself in front of the Kings horse during the Derby, Epsom, Surrey, 1913. Emily Davison (1872-1913), an English suffragette

Slave labour on a cotton plantation in the southern states of America, 1860. Putting cotton bolls through a whipping press before putting the cotton through a saw gin

Confucius (551-479 BC), Chinese philosopher. From a rubbing of a marble slab in a Confucian temple. (Colorised black and white print)

Plan of the island of Utopia, 1518. From Utopia, Thomas Mores work depicting an ideal state where reason ruled, first published in 1516. (Colorised black and white print)

Young men playing a form of tennis, 16th century. From Commenius Orbis sensualis pictura, 16th century. (Colorised black and white print)

Marco Polo, Medieval Venetian merchant and traveller. Together with his father and uncle, Marco Polo (1254-1324) set off from Venice for Asia in 1271

William Pitt the Younger, British statesman. Pitt (1759-1806) became Prime Minister at the age of 24, making him the youngest to hold the office in British history

Globe Theatre, Bankside, Southwark (right) and the Bear Garden, c1597 (1825)
Globe Theatre, Bankside, Southwark (right) and the Bear Garden c1599 (1825). The Globe Theatre was opened in 1599 and is associated with performances of Shakespeares plays

George Stephensons locomotive Rocket, 1829 (1892). On 11 October 1829 Rocket won the Rainhill Trials, a competition held to determine the engine to be used on the Liverpool to Manchester Railway

He Led Our Liberating Armies to Victory, 1945
He Led Our Liberating Armies to Victory, 1942. Dwight David Ike Eisenhower (1890-1969), Supreme Allied Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force during World War II

Daniel Defoe, English writer, journalist and spy, (19th century). Portrait of Defoe (1660-1731), author of Robinson Crusoe. (Colorised black and white print)

Charles Babbage (1791-1871) English mathematician and pioneer of computing, 1871. In the 1820s, Babbage began to develop a Difference Engine which could perform simple mathematical calculations

The boat deck of the Lusitania, showing lifeboats, 1915. A German submarine sank the Lusitania off the Irish coast. Although unarmed, she was carrying munitions

The sinking of the Lusitania, 7 May 1915. A German submarine sank the Lusitania off the Irish coast. Although unarmed, she was carrying munitions

Alice looking at a small door behind a curtain, 1889. Artist: John Tenniel
Alice looking at a small door behind a curtain, 1889. Lewis Carrolls (1832-1898) Alice in Wonderland as illustrated by John Tenniel (1820-1914). From Alices Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

King George V broadcasting to the empire on Christmas Day, Sandringham, 1935. Illustration from George V and Edward VIII, A Royal Souvenir, by FGH Salusbury

Edward VIII giving his abdication broadcast to the nation and the Empire, 11th December 1936. Edward abdicated in order to marry Wallis Simpson, an American divorcee

Edward VII (then Prince of Wales), 1876
Edward VII (1841-1910) king of Great Britain from 1901.From a photograph published 1876 when he was Prince of Wales. (Colorised black and white print)

Mr. Churchills V. E. Day Broadcast, 1945 (1955)
Mr. Churchills V.E. Day Broadcast, 1945 (1955). Mr. Churchill broadcast end of hostilities of WWII, one minute after midnight, although ceasefire had been sounded along the front

Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, British soldier, c1920. Artist: HW Barnett
Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, British soldier, c1920. Haig (1861-1928), was Commander of the British Forces in France during World War One

Whitechapel, 1888. Artist: Joseph Swain
Whitechapel, 1888. The Whitechapel Murders were making headlines everywhere. The police were overstretched, particularly in such deprived areas

Thomas John Barnardo (1845-1905), Irish-born philanthropist and physician, 1893. In 1867 Barnardo founded the East End Mission for destitute children in London

Robert Burns, Scottish poet, 1877. Burns (1759-1796) was a pioneer of the Romantic movement. (Colorised black and white print)

Thomas Alva Edison, American inventor, with his first dynamo for producing electric light, 1880s. Edison (1847-1931) was a prolific inventor who registered over 1000 patents

Max Planck (1858-1947), c1918. Winner of the 1918 Nobel prize for physics, responsible for development of Quantum Theory. (Colorised black and white print)

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